1998–99 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
1998–99 season
PresidentJosep Lluís Núñez
Head CoachLouis van Gaal
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga1st
Copa del ReyQuarter-finals
Supercopa de EspañaRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage (3rd)
Top goalscorerLeague: Rivaldo (24)
All: Rivaldo (29)

During the 1998–99 FC Barcelona season, the club once again retained the La Liga title. Barcelona enjoyed a great season with their new signings Ronald de Boer, Patrick Kluivert, Frank de Boer, Mauricio Pellegrino, Boudewijn Zenden and Phillip Cocu. Barcelona had a league tough start in early season but Barcelona later made a remarkable turnaround to secure La Liga in late-May, thanks to Real Madrid's several slips.

Barcelona were eliminated by Valencia in the quarter-final of Copa del Rey.

Following another lackluster performance in the First Group Phase against two European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United with wins, draws and losses twice respectively and thus prevented Barcelona qualified to UEFA Champions League quarter finals.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Vítor Baía
2 DF Netherlands NED Michael Reiziger
3 DF Argentina ARG Mauricio Pellegrino
4 MF Spain ESP Pep Guardiola (captain)
5 DF Spain ESP Abelardo
6 MF Spain ESP Óscar
7 MF Portugal POR Luís Figo
8 MF Spain ESP Albert Celades
9 FW Brazil BRA Sonny Anderson
10 MF Brazil BRA Giovanni
11 MF Brazil BRA Rivaldo
12 DF Spain ESP Sergi
13 GK Netherlands NED Ruud Hesp
14 MF Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Amunike
15 MF Netherlands NED Phillip Cocu
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Dragan Ćirić
17 DF Netherlands NED Winston Bogarde
18 MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer
19 FW Netherlands NED Patrick Kluivert
20 DF Spain ESP Miguel Ángel Nadal
21 MF Spain ESP Luis Enrique
22 DF Nigeria NGA Samuel Okunowo
23 MF Netherlands NED Boudewijn Zenden
24 MF Spain ESP Roger
25 DF Netherlands NED Frank de Boer
26 MF Spain ESP Xavi Hernández
27 MF Spain ESP Luis García
28 GK Spain ESP Francesc Arnau
33 DF Spain ESP Ibán Cuadrado
— GK Spain ESP Carles Busquets

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Frank de Boer Ajax £22,000,000[6]
MF Ronald de Boer Ajax
Out
Pos. Name To Type
GK Vítor Baía Porto loan

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result

F–A

Scorers Tournament
21 July 1998 AGOVV A 2–1[7] Figo 23', Luis Enrique 79'
23 July 1998 Rohda Raalte A 13–1[8] Sonny Anderson 9', Luis Enrique (2) 15', 20', Figo 30', Óscar 38', Gadiaga 46', Seyit (3) 48', 52', 59', Ledezma 54', Luis García (2) 65', 70'
25 July 1998 GVVV A 2–1[9] Sonny Anderson 15', Babangida 84'
1 August 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–1[10] Sonny Anderson (2) 10', 61', Mario Rosas 40'
7 August 1998 Derby County A 3–1[11] Luis Enrique 15', Óscar 20', Own goal 75'
11 August 1998 Hertha BSC A 1–1[12] Rivaldo 90'
14 August 1998 Lleida A 2–2

(2–3)p[13]

Phillip Cocu 9', Óscar 67' Ciutat de Lleida Trophy
25 August 1998 Santos H 2–2

(5–4)p[14][15]

Rivaldo 39', Figo 41' Joan Gamper Trophy
2 September 1998 Palamós A 2–0[16] Sonny Anderson 16', Giovanni 43'
10 November 1998 Helsingborgs IF H 0–2[17]
16 December 1998 Red Star Belgrade H 4–1[16] Phillip Cocu 46', Patrick Kluivert 57', Boudewijn Zenden 70', Óscar 74'
12 January 1999 Galatasaray H 2–2[18] Giovanni 33', Óscar 36'
27 January 1999 La Liga XI H 4–0[19] Dragan Ćirić 57', Roger 70', Winston Bogarde 71', Óscar 86'
10 March 1993 Johan Cruyff Dream Team H 2–0[20] Patrick Kluivert 44', Giovanni 67' Johan Cruyff Tribute
24 March 1999 Lleida A 3–4[21][22] Nadal 34', Sonny Anderson (2) 39', 89' Copa Catalunya
6 April 1999 Ajax A 2–2[23] Mauricio Pellegrino 56', Sonny Anderson 72' Johan Cruyff Tribute
28 April 1999 Brazil H 2–2[24] Luis Enrique 34', Phillip Cocu 63' Centenary of FC Barcelona

Competitions

Supercopa de España

Main article: 1998–99 La Liga
18 August 1998 Mallorca 2–1 Barcelona Palma de Mallorca
22:00 CET Dani 57', Stanković 81 Report Xavi 16' Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Antonio López Nieto
22 August 1998 Barcelona 0–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Mallorca Barcelona
22:00 CET Report Dani 29' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

La Liga

Main article: 1998 Supercopa de España

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 24 7 7 87 43 +44 79 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 21 5 12 77 62 +15 68
3 Mallorca 38 20 6 12 48 31 +17 66 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Valencia 38 19 8 11 63 39 +24 65
5 Celta Vigo 38 17 13 8 69 41 +28 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultDWDDWDWWLWLLLLWWWWWWWWDLWWWWWWDWWDWWWL
Position1166736434236810975311111111111111111111
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 August 1998 1 Racing Santander 0–0 Barcelona Santander, Spain
Report
12 September 1998 2 Barcelona 1–0 Extremadura Barcelona
Figo 23' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
19 September 1998 3 Real Madrid 2–2 Barcelona Madrid
Raúl 7' 25' Report Kluivert 12'
Anderson 82'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
26 September 1998 4 Barcelona 2–2 Celta Vigo Barcelona
Kluivert 38' 56' Report Salgado 42'
Mostovoy 89'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
3 October 1998 5 Valencia 1–3 Barcelona Valencia
López 15' Report Kluivert 56'
Rivaldo 73'
Anderson 89'		 Stadium: Mestalla
17 October 1998 6 Barcelona 1–1 Salamanca Barcelona
Cocu 52' Report Alonso 62' Stadium: Camp Nou
25 October 1998 7 Espanyol 1–2 Barcelona Cornellà de Llobregat
de Lucas 59' Report Kluivert 9'
Giovanni 82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
31 October 1998 8 Barcelona 4–1 Real Sociedad Barcelona
Rivaldo 33' 61'
Anderson 37' 80'		 Report Kovačević 24' Stadium: Camp Nou
8 November 1998 9 Real Oviedo 2–1 Barcelona Oviedo
Pinto 85'
Pellegrino 89' (o.g.)		 Report Rivaldo 35' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere (1932)
15 November 1998 10 Barcelona 4–1 Tenerife Barcelona
Cocu 14' 62'
Rivaldo 84'
Anderson 89'		 Report Makaay 44' Stadium: Camp Nou
21 November 1998 11 Mallorca 1–0 Barcelona Palma de Mallorca
Barjuán 19' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Estadio Son Moix
28 November 1998 12 Barcelona 0–1 Atlético de Madrid Barcelona
Report Jugović 38' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
5 December 1998 13 Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 Barcelona La Coruña
Hadji 75'
Fran 89'		 Report Rivaldo 86' (pen.) Stadium: Riazor
13 December 1998 14 Barcelona 1–3 Villarreal Barcelona
Giovanni 82' Report Craioveanu 12' 24'
Gerardo 75'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
20 December 1998 15 Real Valladolid 0–1 Barcelona Valladolid
Report Xavi 16' Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla
3 January 1999 16 Barcelona 7–1 Alavés Barcelona
Figo 19'
Enrique 36' 89'
Rivaldo 57' 66'
Óscar 85' 86'		 Report Pablo 79' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
9 January 1999 17 Barcelona 4–2 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona
Enrique 23'
Cocu 39'
Rivaldo 53' 85'		 Report Urzaiz 51'
Guerrero 74'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
17 January 1999 18 Real Betis 0–3 Barcelona Sevilla
Report Figo 2'
Enrique 33'
Guardiola 84'		 Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
24 January 1999 19 Barcelona 3–1 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Cocu 8'
Rivaldo 57' 87'		 Report Milošević 66' Stadium: Camp Nou
31 January 1999 20 Barcelona 3–2 Racing Santander Barcelona
Merino 36' (o.g.)
de Boer 44'
Cocu 85'		 Report Víctor 27'
Munitis 48'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
7 February 1999 21 Extremadura 1–2 Barcelona Almendralejo
Duré 19' Report Enrique 28'
Kluivert 83'		 Stadium: de la Hera
14 February 1999 22 Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid Barcelona
Enrique 4' 36'
Rivaldo 80'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
21 February 1999 23 Celta Vigo 0–0 Barcelona Vigo
Report Stadium: Balaídos
27 February 1999 24 Barcelona 2–4 Valencia Camp Nou
Kluivert 29' 77' Report Ilie 4'
López 38' 87'
Angulo 82'
7 March 1999 25 Salamanca 1–4 Barcelona Salamanca
Cardetti 71' Report Figo 8'
Enrique 43'
Kluivert 44'
Anderson 80'		 Stadium: Helmántico Stadium
14 March 1999 26 Barcelona 3–0 Espanyol Barcelona
Rivaldo 16' 29' (pen.)
Kluivert 52'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
21 March 1999 27 Real Sociedad 0–2 Barcelona San Sebastián
Report Cocu 29' 87' Stadium: Anoeta
4 April 1999 28 Barcelona 3–1 Real Oviedo Barcelona
Rivaldo 23' 32' (pen.) 86' (pen.) Report Valdés 26' Stadium: Camp Nou
10 April 1999 29 Tenerife 2–3 Barcelona Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Pinilla 43'
Makaay 56'		 Report Cocu 17'
Rivaldo 36'
Celades 44'		 Stadium: Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
17 April 1999 30 Barcelona 2–1 Mallorca Barcelona
de Boer 4'
Kluivert 25'		 Report Biagini 89' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
25 April 1999 31 Atlético de Madrid 1–1 Barcelona Madrid
Valerón 54' Report Abelardo 63' Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
2 May 1999 32 Barcelona 4–0 Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona
Kluivert 14'
Figo 39'
Enrique 44'
Rivaldo 78'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
9 May 1999 33 Villarreal 2–3 Barcelona Villarreal
Alfaro 27'
Moisés 72'		 Report Kluivert 44'
Cocu 56'
Rivaldo 77'		 Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
15 May 1999 34 Barcelona 1–1 Real Valladolid Barcelona
Enrique 62' Report Lozano 81' Stadium: Camp Nou
22 May 1999 35 Alavés 1–4 Barcelona Vitoria-Gasteiz
Salinas 76' Report Cocu 40'
Kluivert 49'
Figo 67'
Enrique 88'		 Stadium: Mendizorrotza
29 May 1999 36 Athletic Bilbao 1–3 Barcelona Bilbao
Ferreira 49' Report Kluivert 6'
Rivaldo 74' (pen.) 89'		 Stadium: San Mamés Stadium (1913)
13 June 1999 37 Barcelona 4–1 Real Betis Barcelona
Cocu 23'
Rivaldo 26' (pen.)
Figo 30'
Celades 76'		 Report Oli 81' Stadium: Camp Nou
20 June 1999 38 Real Zaragoza 2–0 Barcelona Zaragoza
Milošević 6' 76' Report Stadium: La Romareda

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Champions League

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAY MUN BAR BRO
Germany Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 — 2–2 1–0 2–0
England Manchester United 6 2 4 0 20 11 +9 10 1–1 — 3–3 5–0
Spain Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8 1–2 3–3 — 2–0
Denmark Brøndby 6 1 0 5 4 18 −14 3 2–1 2–6 0–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
16 September 1998 Manchester United England 3–3 Spain Barcelona Old Trafford, Manchester
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)		 Giggs 16'
Scholes 24'
Beckham 63'		 Report Anderson 47'
Giovanni 59' (pen.)
Luis Enrique 70' (pen.)		 Attendance: 53,601
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)
30 September 1998 Barcelona Spain 2–0 Denmark Brøndby Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Anderson 44', 85' Report Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
21 October 1998 Bayern Munich Germany 1–0 Spain Barcelona Olympiastadion, Munich
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Effenberg 45' Report Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
4 November 1998 Barcelona Spain 1–2 Germany Bayern Munich Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Giovanni 29' (pen.) Report Zickler 48'
Salihamidžić 87'		 Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
25 November 1998 Barcelona Spain 3–3 England Manchester United Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Anderson 1'
Rivaldo 57', 73'		 Report Yorke 25', 68'
Cole 53'		 Attendance: 54,213
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
9 December 1998 Brøndby Denmark 0–2 Spain Barcelona Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Report Figo 6'
Rivaldo 36'		 Attendance: 40,892
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Copa del Rey

Main article: 1998–99 Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

20 January 1999 Benidorm 0–1 Barcelona
de Boer 88'
4 February 1999 Barcelona 3–0 Benidorm
de Boer 21'
Barjuán 38'
Giovanni 77'

Quarterfinals

17 February 1999 Barcelona 2–3 Valencia Barcelona
Kluivert 47'
Rivaldo 60'		 Report Piojo Lopez 51'
Piojo Lopez 56'
Mendieta 80'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
23 February 1999 Valencia 4–3 Barcelona Valencia
Piojo Lopez 23'
Piojo Lopez 35'
Angulo 42'
Mendieta 69'		 Report Rivaldo 57'
Óscar 63'
de Boer 81'		 Stadium: Estadio Mestalla

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA
Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
13 GK Netherlands NED Hesp 46 -58 37 -42 3 -7 6 -9
2 DF Netherlands NED Reiziger 31 0 24+2 0 0 0 4+1 0
5 DF Spain ESP Abelardo 37 1 28+2 1 3 0 4 0
25 DF Netherlands NED Frank de Boer 23 4 19 2 4 2
12 DF Spain ESP Sergi 43 1 34+1 0 3 1 5 0
7 MF Portugal POR Figo 44 8 34 7 4 0 6 1
15 MF Netherlands NED Cocu 45 12 36 12 3+1 0 5 0
4 MF Spain ESP Guardiola 26 1 21+1 1 3 0 1 0
21 MF Spain ESP Luis Enrique 32 12 26 11 3 0 3 1
19 FW Netherlands NED Kluivert 38 15 35 14 3 1
11 FW Brazil BRA Rivaldo 46 29 37 24 3 2 6 3
28 GK Spain ESP Arnau 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Argentina ARG Pellegrino 25 0 16+7 0 2 0
26 MF Spain ESP Xavi 25 1 16+1 1 1+1 0 4+2 0
8 MF Spain ESP Celades 19 2 11+5 2 0 0 3 0
18 MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer 17 1 11+2 0 3+1 1
10 MF Brazil BRA Giovanni 21 5 9+5 2 1 1 5+1 2
23 MF Netherlands NED Zenden 30 0 8+17 0 1 0 2+2 0
22 DF Nigeria NGA Okunowo 19 0 8+6 0 0 0 5 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Anderson 31 10 4+20 6 0+1 0 6 4
6 MF Spain ESP Óscar 10 3 1+5 2 1+2 1 0+1 0
24 MF Spain ESP Roger 9 0 1+5 0 1 0 1+1 0
20 DF Spain ESP Nadal 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Ciric 5 0 0+5 0
17 DF Netherlands NED Bogarde 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
27 MF Spain ESP Luis García 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Spain ESP Cuadrado 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
— GK Spain ESP Busquets 0 0 0 0
1 GK Portugal POR Baia 0 0 0 0
14 MF Nigeria NGA Amunike

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